[Gnumed-devel] Re: [Bug 269028] [NEW] upgrade_db script does not ask for password on MS Windows and fails

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 10:31:03PM +0200, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> Fixed in CVS.
> 
> Backpatched to 0.3.x and 0.2.8.x.
> 
> Please test and close.
> 
> Karsten
> 
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 03:51:43PM -0000, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote:
> > Subject: [Bug 269028] [NEW] upgrade_db script does not ask for password on 
> > MS
> >     Windows and fails
> > 
> > Public bug reported:
> > 
> > On MS Windows when running the upgrade-db scripts a password is needed
> > to connect to the database. Different from Linux there is an very old
> > python bug that prevents the password to be asked for on MS Windows.
> > 
> > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-bugs-list/2002-June/012101.html
> > 
> > The error is triggered by bootstrap_gm_db_system.py on line 181.
> > Supposedly some garbage is in the password buffer , it gets accepted and
> > passed to gmPG2 which will happily refuse it.
> > 
> > Please check if a workaround for MS Windows can be provided like this:
> > 
> > http://ccec.sourceforge.net/getpassfix.html
> > 
> > ** Affects: gnumed
> >      Importance: Undecided
> >          Status: New
> > 
> > ** Description changed:
> > 
> >   On MS Windows when running the upgrade-db scripts a password is needed
> >   to connect to the database. Different from Linux there is an very old
> >   python bug that prevents the password to be asked for on MS Windows.
> >   
> >   http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-bugs-list/2002-June/012101.html
> >   
> >   The error is triggered by bootstrap_gm_db_system.py on line 181.
> >   Supposedly some garbage is in the password buffer , it gets accepted and
> >   passed to gmPG2 which will happily refuse it.
> >   
> > - Please check if a workaround for MS Windows can be provided.
> > + Please check if a workaround for MS Windows can be provided like this:
> > + 
> > + http://ccec.sourceforge.net/getpassfix.html
> > 
> > -- 
> > upgrade_db script does not ask for password on MS Windows and fails
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269028
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> > 
> > Status in GNUmed - electronic medical record: New
> > 
> > Bug description:
> > On MS Windows when running the upgrade-db scripts a password is needed to 
> > connect to the database. Different from Linux there is an very old python 
> > bug that prevents the password to be asked for on MS Windows.
> > 
> > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-bugs-list/2002-June/012101.html
> > 
> > The error is triggered by bootstrap_gm_db_system.py on line 181. Supposedly 
> > some garbage is in the password buffer , it gets accepted and passed to 
> > gmPG2 which will happily refuse it.
> > 
> > Please check if a workaround for MS Windows can be provided like this:
> > 
> > http://ccec.sourceforge.net/getpassfix.html
> 
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